LA RIOJA
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This is the Rioja flag and there are four colours:green,red,white and yellow. In the middle there is a shield.
http://www.larioja.org/npRioja/default/defaultpage.jsp?idtab=25729
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This is the location of La Rioja .It is in the North and East in the interior of Spain.It is surrounded by The Basque Country, Castile León and Navarra. The most famous product is the wine. The capital of La Rioja is Logroño.

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http://enlamaleta.es/el-turismo-enologico-toma-fuerza-en-la-rioja.html.
As the typical product in La Rioja is the wine, that means the climate in La Rioja is special for cultivating grapes. It is an atlantic climate in the north area of La Rioja, with warm temperatures and regular precipitation and the mediterranean climate in the south, that makes the temperatures and precipitation very hard. The wine plants are cultivated in the area of the Ebro Valley.

The typical meal in La Rioja are: Bacalao a la riojana and Patatas a la riojana.external image ruta_258_01_B.jpg
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